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Scouting for the 21st Century

The Girl Scouts of America is turning 100 – and its new campaign seems really tuned in to empowering girls to place no limits on what they can contribute or who they can be when they grow up. Scouting gave me a "third place" to go, after home and school, and it taught me about the natural world and civics and leadership, along with fun things like art and sewing. Are there other former scouts out there who remember their scoutiing days fondly?

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Call your local PBS station this week to see if they plan to air Seneca Falls. Last year, 110 stations broadcast the film.

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California to mandate teaching women's history?

In Seneca Falls,17-year-old Annie tells us, "knowing your history gives you courage." Yet the majority of schools in the U.S. still don't teach about the women's rights movement that began there.

But good news! At our suggestion, the California Women Suffrage Centennial Committee is seeking a legislator to sponsor a bill requiring teaching women's history in the state's schools. If they succeed, California will join Illinois, Florida, and Louisiana – states that have passed laws requiring teaching women’s history in K–12 classrooms.

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Founder Louise Vance is a Peabody Award-winning filmmaker who has created groundbreaking projects for television and film for more than 25 years. Her film Seneca Falls has aired on 110 Public Television stations nationwide.

Funding for beyond seneca falls comes from a seed grant from The Fledgling Fund. Huge thanks to this great organization for their amazing support of social impact documentaries.

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